Joel's Half Marathon
and

The Marathon Birthday Weekend

Last weekend Joel ran in a 1/2 marathon.
This weekend we had birthday parties on Friday night,
Saturday night and Sunday morning.

That's him on the right in the black
long-sleeved shirt.

Great job! Finishing at around 1hr 44 min,
averaging a 7:59 minute mile!

Birthday Party #1 (Friday)
Marta Striplin turned 2!
Their family attends our small group.

The little girls: Katie, Annalisa, Marta,
Allison and Marie

Annalisa teaching Marie how to
use the fun party blower.

She never did quite get the hang of it.



Birthday Party #2 (Saturday)
Judith Canner turns 25!

Judith is was overnight-babysitting this week
and part of the weekend. We invited her over
under the guise of a dinner/playdate at our
house and - SURPRISE -
it was really her birthday party!

Yummy homemade cake, courtesy of Colleen.

Katie and Korinna walking around with
their legs tied together.



Judith's "kids" tackling her friend, David.



Learning to eat a lollipop.



Birthday Party #3 (Sunday)
Andrew Dunning turns 5!
Lots and lots of kids eating cake at Jumpin' Beans!
The Dunnings' friends are multiplying at
an alarming rate!


On the way home Marie unwrapped her

chocolate-filled gold coin

(it was from Andrew's treasure box birthday cake),

and managed to do this to herself.

And one final picture, just because...

Marie likes to make things out of play-dough.
We always make a model of her big girl
bed, complete with pillow and blanket,
cars and trucks, and shapes with cookie cutters. On this particular occasion, she made a blue boogie!